Means for dispensing paper towels.



M. M. GQHN. MEANS FOR DISPENSING PAPER TOWELS.

APPLATION FILED DEC. 15. 1913.

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To all 'iv/"20m` iz m57/ concern i Be 1t known that l, M. SOHN, n.elinzen of the United States. residing at piedinont, in the county ofAlameda and Siete of California, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Means for Dispensing Paper Towels, of which thefollowing is e. specification.

This inif'ention relates to paper towels and peitaine especially toineens and a inode el dispensingehe. towels so that only one canl bewithdrawn at a time.

lllhile there' are Various ways foifeeirying ont the invention, l haveheein qhewn asiniple and' preieiied method of pinoli@ ing the same.

The invention consists of Jehe perle and the eoinbinaion and constmetionol palets asV hereinafter more fullydeseiihecl and claimed, havingreference to the accompanyin whichl Figure l is a perspective Viewl of"helde Viele. Fig. 2 is a detail section e?? lzlie oontainer showing thepapei towels in. place.

A represents a shee'l of papei` which is ol' desired quality and size,eeeoiding lio 'the use lo which it is to he pnt. As this invention hasbeen designed particularly as agr plied to pap-ei' towels, the papel"nlnet be absorptive and the s'heee are of eonoide able size. This .sheetA. in ldie form li shown is folded once upon i'tselif 13o provide; ashorteiwundei'neafth iapsect-ion 2; the

folds of all the Sheele being uniform Wiehl.v ,y y one folded sheetlying; on top oi' the oliher .in the .stack and all contained in asaleable eontainei B. This container B is of snitalole materiel euch asineial and may have a drop front closure 3 through which a stack offolded shees may he inserted. The container has a 'bottom slot e, thelength of Whieheoi'responds to the full Width of a. towel endjohe Widthof which slot is snlif' eien'i; 'to allow the :flap 2 of thebottone-most sheet in the stack to fall through and project to foi-in alinger hold and enable elle towel to be Withdrawn. The front Well of theslot 4, oi` hat portion 5 of the bottom. of the receptacle B is di'oppeddown en incline .at the ends and preferably is out awayi'n ythe middleas shown ai; 6., so that ai; this-middle po'i'tion S the folded edgeformed o1 the fold of the lian 2 is en nosed and unsuppoeed; the steekon this side hel ing suppoeeed ov the downwai'dly inclined enc s theiehvfaeiliiaiing die uitlid'awal oi the single sheets.

rlhe portion E oi" the hein tainei opposite lhe inelii-iod poi-ioiis 5has its edge adjzmenif,v Slot el turned mm'aidly in the loi'in of aheadoi smooth `rouiuled portion 8 over which eoinpaial' ljf easy 'to drewthe body of the Sheet "when the 'Hail 2 is pnlled down,

Each Shee', l is so 'folded that the hody of L. sheet is r :Full widthof the con`1 miner E, so line when a ilan ispiojeeting leoni slot i*here is no poi'ien of any sheet of the een above folie lx "noni-mosthan ie-visihle or ao eessihle. The consequence of so folding a sheetthat will l1 .'e a eoinpaialielv wide seoion tli'e nll uidli of ehe*centaine?, is very inipo'i'tane because il foi-bids any likelihood ofnioe han one iowel. o1 onefslieei; being Withdrawn at e time, which isignite inipoeean' fiom the :neinlpoiiie of economy.

The slieee 'when eter have. tl

tion lievi the cross B having he hottoin poition dropped downandii'ielined' in llie manner Showi'i and in e, plane below o1' inieiseeedbj: the ple-.neef the opposite poi-tion 7, eeeli marginal fold f2 isadapted to he piojected ehrough the slotelle ooi-- toni-moei sheee :1i-eeueeeeeively wi'li-hdz'awn.

Having ihus `described my invention. nfliae l elalni and degli-elo:secure by s l] 3,. il. eontaiifiel1 Ilfoi elm having dupe eoneising ofu easing having a its 'holboinv` one of the odfies of ehebottom whichsaid Slob-fo71 curled upwardly and oveiupon itsei lo forni a Foundedhealing,` which piojees above ehe upper ieee of the bottoni and uponwhich die body of the ing; to provide ineens eo enable the folded oegripped with elle parl; of lche sheef ifo' hand' if e A ein" finer foisheets having` folded flaps consist. having a sloe in ile bottoni? a.eef-ended hearing at inner equal iboY side of the slot projectingupwardly from the upper face of the bottom and upon which 'the body ofthe sheet is adapted to rest, and ride uponwithdrawal of the sheet,

. the bottom on the outer side of the slot being extended downwardly .atun incline to form a support for the folded part of the sheet, whichsupport projects for a distance boow the bottom of the casing to enablethe folded part of the sheet to be positively sup- 10 ported and bereadily acces-sible to the user. u testimony whereof have hereunto setmy hand in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

MAX M.. COI-IN.

`fstmsses S. SONNENBERGN Vv'. H. RINHART.

